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Here are all of Grace Paley's classic stories collected in one volume. Her quirky, boisterous characters and rich use of language have won her readers' he...

-book extras: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts);...

In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trai...

Narnia. . .where The Woods Are Thick And Cool, Where Talking Beasts Are Called To Life. . .a New World Where The Adventure Begins. digory And Polly Meet A...

She had read about stalkers, but they belonged in a different, faraway world. She had no idea who it could be, who would want to harm her. She was trying d...

A treasure worth killing for. Sam Spade, a slightly shopworn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics. A perfumed grafter named Joel Cairo, a fat m...

Weil die schöne Marketa eine politische Schulung einem Wochenende in trauter Zweisamkeit mit Ludvik vorzieht, schreibt er ihr eine ironische Postkarte, die...

Heirs of Montana book 2, the sequel to the bestselling Land of My Heart. With the love of her life missing in the Montana wilderness, a young woman must ma...

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In This Gripping Thriller, A Scientific Expedition In Antarctica Stops For A Live News Feed. As The Cnn Journalist Gracie Logan Begins Her Report, A Massive...

The hero of Christine Falls, Quirke, is a surly pathologist living in 1950s Dublin. One night, after having a few drinks at a party, he returns to the morgu...

The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart of Astrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother, who has kept Astrid i...

Jack Ryan has become President of the United States-and finds himself surrounded by enemies both inside the White House and around the world. Publishers W...

A Novel Exploring Human Relations. Its Hero Is A Hungarian Writer Who Lives Through The 1956 Hungarian Revolution And Has A Homosexual Affair With A German ...

In April Of 1994, Nearly A Million Rwandans Were Killed In What Would Prove To Be One Of The Swiftest, Most Terrifying Killing Sprees Of The 20th Century. I...

Leading Israeli novelist Sami Michael shares his gift for navigating the cultural conflicts in modern Israel with A Trumpet in the Wadi, a novel that trans...

Samarcande, c'est la Perse d'Omar Khayyam, poète du vin, libre penseur, astronome de génie, mais aussi celle de Hassan Sabbah, fondateur de l'ordre des As...

Returning as a successful artist to the home of the family that adopted him, Seth Quinn is intrigued by independent newcomer Dru Whitcomb Banks, who is hesi...

Ayesha Shamsi Has A Lot Going On. Her Dreams Of Being A Poet Have Been Set Aside For A Teaching Job So She Can Pay Off Her Debts To Her Wealthy Uncle. She L...

as Further Evidence Of His Family's Bad Fortune, Which They Attribute To A Curse On A Distant Relative, Stanley Yelnats Is Sent To A Hellish Boys' Juvenile...

This Delirious 1925 Jazz Age Classic Introduced Readers To Lorelei Lee, The Small-town Girl From Little Rock, Who Has Become One Of The Most Timeless Charac...

Hollywood marks the fifth episode in Gore Vidal's "Narratives of Empire," his celebrated series of six historical novels that form his extended biography o...

Presents A Novel About High School Football In A Small Texas Town, A Place In Which Football Has Become A Religion.Categories: Reference Writing, Research &...

The Body-snatcher / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The Horla / Guy De Maupassant -- The Friends Of The Friends / Henry James -- The Monkey's Paw / W.w. Jacobs --...

Years before Jurassic Park, Michael Chrichton was known as The New York Times bestselling master of the techno-thriller. The three mesmerizing super-sellers...

A Sweeping, Masterful Debut About A Daughter's Fateful Choice, A Mother Motivated By Her Own Past, And A Family Legacy That Begins In Cuba Before Either Of ...

soon To Be A Major Motion Picture From The Company That Brought You the Name Of The Rose "pope Joan Has All The Elements One Wants In A Historical Drama–lo...

an Incredible Young Adult Novel About How A Young Girl S Love Of Books Helps A Community Survive World War Ii And The Holocaust. it S Just A Small Story R...

Disillusioned by romance and love since her bitter divorce, single mother Molly Willoughby has steered away from personal relationships and abandoned her dr...

i Wonder How The Book Got To Guernsey? Perhaps There Is Some Sort Of Secret Homing Instinct In Books That Brings Them To Their Perfect Readers. January 19...

London, 1958. In the smoky jazz clubs of Soho and the coffee bars of Notting Hill the young and the restless - the absolute beginners - are forging a new ca...

Published in 1932, this spy thriller unfolds aboard the Orient Express as it crosses Europe from Ostend to Constantinople. Weaving a web of subterfuge, murd...

The Modern Classic About A Dedicated Teacher In A Tough London School Who Slowly And Painfully Breaks Down The Barriers Of Racial Prejudice. It Is The Stor...

Set in 1935 England, this New York Times bestseller is enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class, making it a profound—an...

In Sterling, New Hampshire, 17-year-old High School Student Peter Houghton Has Endured Years Of Verbal And Physical Abuse At The Hands Of Classmates. His Be...

Il A 15 Ans Et S'appelle Christopher Boone. Il Excelle En Mathématiques Et Adore Sherlock Holmes. Il Aime Les Diagrammes, Les Listes, La Vérité. Il Ne Su...

Ever since her engagement, the strangest thing has been happening to Marian McAlpin: she can't eat. First meat. Then eggs, vegetables, cake, pumpkin seedsâ€...

The blaze that night at her family's pizzeria changed young Reena Hale's life. Neighbors and relatives would help the Hales rebuild. The Baltimore authori...

The Assassination Of The Speaker Of The House Sets The Members Of The Camel Club In A Race To Prevent A Silent Yet Bloody Coup In Washington--provided By Th...

Small Gods is the thirteenth of Terry Pratchett's popular Discworld Series. Brutha the novice just wants a peaceful life. Until one day he hears the voice o...

Colleen McCullough's sweeping saga of dreams, struggles, dark passions, and forbidden love in the Australian Outback has enthralled readers the world over....

The Magus is the story of Nicholas Urfe, a young Englishman who accepts a teaching assignment on a remote Greek island. There his friendship with a local...

After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a s...

Mr. Ruche, a Parisian bookseller, receives a bequest from a long lost friend in the Amazon of a vast library of math books, which propels him into a great e...

Meg Murry And Her Friends Become Involved With Unearthly Strangers And A Search For Meg's Father, Who Has Disappeared While Engaged In Secret Work For The G...

it's Really Going To Happen. They Said It Would, But This Is Quicker Than Anyone Thought. Everyone Has To Die. We All Know It. With Only A Few Months Of L...

Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays...

set In The Magnificent Culture Of The Middle East More Than Four Thousand Years Ago, Lilah Is A Rich And Emotionally Resonant Story Of Faith, Love, And Co...